Review of Cats (2019) by Mattyice — 26 Dec 2019

Ignore the Taylor Swift stans inflating the grade of this truly piece of crap movie (she’s only in the movie for around 5 minutes btw). Cats is, for the lack of a better term, a catastrophe. It was a terrible musical to begin with, mainly because it contains no plot (unless you consider the act of only introducing characters as a “plot”), is a dumb concept, features literally only one good song (Memory), and, most importantly, is really boring.

The film, however, amplifies the terribleness of the musical by using nightmare-inducing CGI characters/costumes that look unfinished at points, annoying acting, and mixed tones, while also keeping all the huge flaws of the Broadway show.

Nobody asked for a Cats film adaption and nobody (not even Oscar-winning director Tom Hooper) could ever make it work. Truly a sight to never behold.